Broadcom, Apple Extend Tie-Up to 2031 With New Custom Chips (2 minute read)
Summary
Broadcom and Apple have extended their partnership until 2031 to develop custom ASIC chips for AI processing in Apple products, with Apple planning to deploy advanced AI servers by 2027.
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